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AWS-NUKE(1) | User Commands | AWS-NUKE(1) |
NAME¶
aws-nuke - Delete a whole AWS account and all resources
DESCRIPTION¶
A tool which removes every resource from an AWS account. Use it with caution, since it cannot distinguish between production and non-production.
Usage:¶
- aws-nuke [flags] aws-nuke [command]
Available Commands:¶
- completion
- Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
- help
- Help about any command
- resource-types lists all available resource types version shows version of this application
Flags:¶
- --access-key-id string
- AWS access key ID for accessing the AWS API. Must be used together with --secret-access-key. Cannot be used together with --profile.
- --assume-role-arn string
- AWS IAM role arn to assume. The credentials provided via --access-key-id or --profile must be allowed to assume this role.
- -c, --config string
- (required) Path to the nuke config file.
- --default-region string
- Custom default region name.
- -e, --exclude strings
- Prevent nuking of certain resource types (eg IAMServerCertificate). This flag can be used multiple times.
- --force
- Don't ask for confirmation before deleting resources. Instead it waits 15s before continuing. Set --force-sleep to change the wait time.
- --force-sleep int
- If specified and --force is set, wait this many seconds before deleting resources. Defaults to 15. (default 15)
- -h, --help
- help for aws-nuke
- --max-wait-retries int
- If specified, the program will exit if resources are stuck in waiting for this many iterations. 0 (default) disables early exit.
- --no-dry-run
- If specified, it actually deletes found resources. Otherwise it just lists all candidates.
- --profile string
- Name of the AWS profile name for accessing the AWS API. Cannot be used together with --access-key-id and --secret-access-key.
- -q, --quiet
- Don't show filtered resources.
- --secret-access-key string
- AWS secret access key for accessing the AWS API. Must be used together with --access-key-id. Cannot be used together with --profile.
- --session-token string
- AWS session token for accessing the AWS API. Must be used together with --access-key-id and --secret-access-key. Cannot be used together with --profile.
- -t, --target strings
- Limit nuking to certain resource types (eg IAMServerCertificate). This flag can be used multiple times.
- -v, --verbose
- Enables debug output.
Use "aws-nuke [command] --help" for more information about a command.
April 2023 | aws-nuke 2.16.0 |